The minutes of the October 21 meeting were approved as posted on the Web.

Ms. Castellino presented the Fall 2008 UNCW Enrollment Report that highlighted enrollment by geographic location within the state and three-year trends of resident enrollment, extension-only enrollment and diversity. The report also gave preliminary range estimates for the latest student-faculty ratio and retention and graduation rates, which will become known more accurately in the coming weeks. These ranges were used to inform subsequent discussion on the revision of Progress Measure 1.

The Council discussed the desirability of incorporating a second measure of alumni giving in Progress Measure 10. After examining recent peer data and a discussion of national trends in alumni giving (fewer alumni are giving, but they are giving more), Progress Measure 10 was revised to read:

By FY 2013, increase the alumni giving rate to 15% and raise the average alumni gift amount to the top quintile among our peers.

The latest data show that UNCW is within 15-24 faculty hires of achieving its previously articulated long-term target of 16 to 1. This has been possible by a sustained multi-year effort using resources from MALSA funds and campus-based tuition increases, among others. After reviewing peer data , the Planning Council decided to revise the university’s target to a transformational level of 15 to 1 by 2013. Achieving that target would place UNCW in the top fifth among its peers. Progress Measure 1 was revised to read:

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